Proverbs 18:14

WEB

¹⁴A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

KJV

¹⁴The spirit^[+] of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

BSB

¹⁴The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

FBV

¹⁴With a brave spirit you can put up with sickness, but if it's crushed, you can't bear it.

Extra References

Proverbs 15:13

¹³A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 17:22

²²A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

⁹He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

¹⁰Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

1 Peter 1:6

⁶In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

Psalms 147:3

³He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

James 1:2

²Count it all joy, my brothers,^[+] when you fall into various temptations,

2 Corinthians 2:7

⁷so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

²In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted. ³I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

Mark 14:33-34

³³He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed. ³⁴He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”

Job 6:4

⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.